`sbir_search_solicitations`

Pack: sbir · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/sbir_search_solicitations for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

“Which SBIR or STTR solicitations are open at [agency]?” / “current SBIR topics” / “open DoD SBIR solicitations” / “SBIR proposal deadlines” / “SBIR opportunities for [research area]” — active SBIR/STTR funding opportunities merged from three live sources: www.sbir.gov/topics (multi-agency topic listing), the DoD/DARPA topics-app JSON API (Pre-Release and Open DoD topics sbir.gov itself does not yet carry), and Grants.gov (NIH/HHS SBIR & STTR Notices of Funding Opportunity, which never appear as sbir.gov “topics” at all — e.g. the NIH parent SBIR/STTR announcements and NCI omnibus solicitations). Every result names its own program (SBIR or STTR) and source, and a Grants.gov hit is only ever labelled SBIR/STTR when its own title or NIH activity code says so — a plain, unrelated grant is never presented as SBIR. Filter by keyword, agency (e.g., “DOD”, “DARPA”, “NSF”, “NASA”, “DOE”, “HHS”, “NIH”), and open/closed status. This is the tool for open federal small-business R&D solicitations and topics; for who already WON SBIR money use sbir_search_awards.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`keyword`	string	no	Search term to match against solicitation/topic titles and descriptions.
`agency`	string	no	Filter by agency: DOD, HHS, NASA, NSF, DOE, USDA, EPA, DOC, ED, DOT, DHS, NIH, DARPA, ARMY, NAVY, USAF, and others sbir.gov itself lists. “DOW” is also accepted and translated to “DOD”.
`open_only`	boolean	no	Only return currently open (or pre-release) solicitations (default true). false also includes recently closed sbir.gov/topics results — the DoD app and Grants.gov legs are open-opportunities-only sources and are skipped when this is false.
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return across all sources combined (default 20, max 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "keyword": "cancer liquid biopsy diagnostic",
  "agency": "NIH"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sbir/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"sbir_search_solicitations","arguments":{"keyword":"cancer liquid biopsy diagnostic","agency":"NIH"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('sbir_search_solicitations', {
  "keyword": "cancer liquid biopsy diagnostic",
  "agency": "NIH"
});

More examples

{
  "agency": "ARMY"
}

Response shape

Always returns: keyword, open_only, count, solicitations

Field	Type	Description
`keyword`	string \| null	Search keyword used; null when the call was not narrowed by keyword
`agency`	string \| null	Canonical agency code the search was narrowed to; null when none was given
`open_only`	boolean	Whether only open solicitations were returned
`count`	number	Number of solicitations returned
`sources_used`	object	How many rows each live source contributed before the limit was applied
`solicitations`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Search keyword used; null when the call was not narrowed by keyword"
    },
    "agency": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Canonical agency code the search was narrowed to; null when none was given"
    },
    "open_only": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether only open solicitations were returned"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of solicitations returned"
    },
    "sources_used": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "How many rows each live source contributed before the limit was applied",
      "properties": {
        "sbir.gov": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "dodsbirsttr.mil": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "grants.gov": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      }
    },
    "solicitations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "topic_title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Title of the solicitation topic"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Description of the solicitation"
          },
          "agency": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Sponsoring agency"
          },
          "branch": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Agency branch"
          },
          "program": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Program name"
          },
          "phase": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Funding phase"
          },
          "topic_number": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Topic number identifier"
          },
          "solicitation_id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Unique solicitation identifier"
          },
          "open_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Opening date"
          },
          "close_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Closing date"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Link to solicitation details"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "sbir.gov",
              "dodsbirsttr.mil",
              "grants.gov"
            ],
            "description": "Which live source this row came from"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "topic_title",
          "agency"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "keyword",
    "open_only",
    "count",
    "solicitations"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the sbir pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sbir": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sbir/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

sbir_search_solicitations